SOLUTION: A NUMBER IS DOUBLED AND THEN DECREASED BY 11. RESULT IS 59. WHATS THE ANSWER?
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Question 322089: A NUMBER IS DOUBLED AND THEN DECREASED BY 11. RESULT IS 59. WHATS THE ANSWER?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Name your number, call it N.
Add 11 to both sides.
Divide both sides by 2.
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